[SOLVED] Reboot and Wicd is broken, "No wireless networks found."

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 04:23:31

I get a "No wireless networks found."

strangely, wired networking works just fine through wicd, and I don't remember changing anything but I must have.

here is my rc.conf:

LOCALE="en_US.utf8"
HARDWARECLOCK="UTC"
USEDIRECTISA="no"
TIMEZONE="America/Toronto"
KEYMAP="us"
CONSOLEFONT=
CONSOLEMAP=
USECOLOR="yes"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# HARDWARE
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# MOD_AUTOLOAD: Allow autoloading of modules at boot and when needed
# MOD_BLACKLIST: Prevent udev from loading these modules
# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(ac battery button processor thermal video cdrom agpgart intel-agp nvram i2c-i801 \
i2c-core evdev joydev pcspkr psmouse serio_raw led-class pci_hotplug shpchp thinkpad_acpi wmi \
rtc-cmos rtc-core rtc-lib nvidia output iTCO_vendor_support iTCO_wdt snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss \
snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm snd-timer snd  snd-hda-codec snd-hda-intel soundcore \
pata_acpi ata_generic scsi_mod ata_piix e1000e mac80211 rfkill pcmcia_core rsrc_nonstatic \
yenta_socket usbcore ehci-hcd uhci-hcd sd_mod sr_mod st ath5k !snd_pcsp)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# NETWORKING
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# HOSTNAME: Hostname of machine. Should also be put in /etc/hosts
#
HOSTNAME="lapbox"

# Use 'ifconfig -a' or 'ls /sys/class/net/' to see all available interfaces.
#
# Interfaces to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each interface then list in INTERFACES
#   - prefix an entry in INTERFACES with a ! to disable it
#   - no hyphens in your interface names - Bash doesn't like it
#
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.122 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !ath0)
#above are disabled so that they work with wicd

# Routes to start at boot-up (in this order)
# Declare each route then list in ROUTES
#   - prefix an entry in ROUTES with a ! to disable it
#
gateway="default gw 192.168.1.1"
ROUTES=(gateway)

# Enable these network profiles at boot-up.  These are only useful
# if you happen to need multiple network configurations (ie, laptop users)
#   - set to 'menu' to present a menu during boot-up (dialog package required)
#   - prefix an entry with a ! to disable it
#
# Network profiles are found in /etc/network.d
#
# This now requires the netcfg package
#
#NETWORKS=(main)

# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
# DAEMONS
# -----------------------------------------------------------------------
#
# Daemons to start at boot-up (in this order)
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal !network !netfs crond alsa wicd slim)
#### '!' network and netfs when you want to use wicd

any ideas are appreciated

Last edited by Cryptix_00 (2009-05-14 21:00:58)

Statix · 2009-05-14 04:27:33

We're going to need more information, because wicd doesn't really care about your /etc/rc.conf.

What wireless card are you using? What driver are you using with it?

Are you in an area with *lots* of APs by any chance? Wicd uses iwlist scan to do its scanning. What errors does iwlist scan give?

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 04:39:01

im using the atheros chipset (5212 i believe) on the thinkpad T61. there are plenty of AP's around here, i was just on my own home network 30 minutes ago before the last reboot and everything was fine.

this is what i get form iwlist:

lo Interface doesn't support scanning.

eth0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wmaster0 Interface doesn't support scanning.

wlan0 Interface doesn't support scanning : Network is down

then i tried to do:

[root@lapbox leshow]# ifconfig wlan0 up
SIOCSIFFLAGS: Resource temporarily unavailable

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 04:41:13

i originally had interfaces=(!eth0 !ath0) in my rc.conf, and wicd worked with that. i recently realized that the wireless is 'wlan0' so i changed it to:

interfaces=(!eth0 !wlan0) neither of the configurations fix anything, nor a combination of both of them

Statix · 2009-05-14 05:54:35

I've never seen that error before so I gave it a google.

Check out this link:
http://www.vidarholen.net/contents/linuxtips/
It's the first one on the page. That may be worth a shot.

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 06:13:29

my bios doesnt have that option. however after some playing around with settings in rc.conf i have gotten it to show networks. the problem is now that it won't connect to any of them, when i click connect it says "putting interface down" and then doesn't connect

here is the new rc.conf (only sections that have been changed are posted)

# MODULES: Modules to load at boot-up. Prefix with a ! to blacklist.
#
# NOTE: Use of 'MOD_BLACKLIST' is deprecated. Please use ! in the MODULES array.
#
MOD_AUTOLOAD="yes"
#MOD_BLACKLIST=() #deprecated
MODULES=(ath5k ac battery button processor thermal video cdrom nvram i2c-i801 i$
thinkpad_acpi nvidia snd-mixer-oss snd-pcm-oss snd-hwdep snd-page-alloc snd-pcm$
snd-hda-codec snd-hda-intel soundcore usbcore !ath_pci !snd_pcsp)

# Scan for LVM volume groups at startup, required if you use LVM
USELVM="no"


....

#
# DHCP:     Set your interface to "dhcp" (eth0="dhcp")
# Wireless: See network profiles below
#
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.122 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
#above are disabled so that they work with wicd


...
#   - prefix a daemon with a ! to disable it
#   - prefix a daemon with a @ to start it up in the background
#
DAEMONS=(syslog-ng hal !network !networkmanager !netfs !netcfg crond alsa wicd $
#### '!' network and netfs when you want to use wicd

Peasantoid · 2009-05-14 11:22:04

This may seem like a stupid question, but if your wireless thing has a switch, is it turned on?

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 16:27:09

that was one of the first things i checked. i have a feeling the solution is something stupid though, i'm just not seeing it. the upsetting thing is that this is on a fresh install, but the same problem happened on my last install. however wicd was working fine for almost a year before it suddenly stopped working (probably after a pacman -Syu).

i'm going to try to go to an earlier version of wicd and see if that helps

EVRAMP · 2009-05-14 16:46:58

Try to comment lines containing

eth0="eth0 192.168.1.122 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)

out in you /etc/rc.conf

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 19:46:13

EVRAMP wrote:

Try to comment lines containing
eth0="eth0 192.168.1.122 netmask 255.255.255.0 broadcast 192.168.0.255"
INTERFACES=(!eth0 !wlan0)
out in you /etc/rc.conf

i just tried this and it made no difference

Cryptix_00 · 2009-05-14 19:59:50

i've no idea how this worked but i switched the WPA_Supplicant Driver: drop-down from 'madwifi' to 'wext' and it now works.

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#1 2009-05-14 04:23:31

[SOLVED] Reboot and Wicd is broken, "No wireless networks found."

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